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400 BEETLE -BUTTERFLY
Sayings proverbial or otherwise are, " Kill a ciarag burn a dar-
daol " (Ireland), while in the Scottish Highlands it is, " Is fearr
dhuit Aoine 'thrasgadh na 'n dar-daol a losgadh," a Friday's
fast is better than burning a dar-daol.
That pride will have a fall is told by —
" Falbh ard coltach ris a eheard-daolan
'S tuiteam 's a ghlar."
Flying high like the dung-beetle
And falling in the dirt (glaur).
Al. Falbh ard 's tuiteam 's a bhuachair.
Flying high and falling in the dung.
A saying attributed to Fearchar Leigh, or Farquhar the
physician, is " An daol dubh ris a chnaimh gheal," the black
beetle to the white bone. This is thought to have been a
discovery made by him that a patient was being kept ill by some
evil-disposed person having aj)j)lied a beetle to a sore to keep it
open, and prolong pain.
Tha frithealadh fa leth aig daol 'us feallsanach.
The beetle and the sage have each their duties.
BELLY-WORM (for this and other kindred words see
Worm).
BUG. — Bogus; Carran (field), ciarag; Daol, daolag, deagha ;
Feileacan, foileacan (May) ; Leoman-fiodha (wood) ; Mial-fiodha
(wood).
Bouge ; Nid, nidget, nit ; Tick.
BUTTERFLY. — Amadan-de leigh or leithe, anaman-de ;
Calman-de; Dallan-de, dealan, dealan-de, dealbhan-de, dearbadan,
dearbadan-de; Eunau-de; Feileacan, foileacan; Giurnan; Leamhan,
leoman, leomann (night) ; Tarmach, tarmachan-de, teine-de or
dealan, teinidh-de, toirmeachan-de (Arran).
The following are Gaelic names for a few varieties, the English
of which can be found in any English book on butterflies : —
An t-Ailean donn, Ard-seoladair ban, Argus beag, donn,
Albanach ; Am Baintighearn dreachar ; A Chore' rach no an t-
lompaire corcurach ; Dealbhan gorm-airgiodach, fad-earr, gearr-
earr mor an fhraoich beag an fliraoich breac a choille ; Diuc
bhurgundi, an Donnag-bhallach no donnag a bhalla, an Donnan
tuathach, Arranach ; Am Faineag, Faineag a mhonaidh, feithe ;
an Glaisean, an gorman, gorman a chailc, an gorman beag,
Masarinach mor nan creag, an Grisionnach geal ; An Leumadair
beag, breac-bhallach, lachdunn, leusach, Lileworth mor Shasun-
nach, an Litir l)han ; An Roine donn-stiallach, dubh-stiallach,
stiallach, stiallach-chorcurach, stiallaeh-uaine ; an t-Umhach-beag.
Butter-fleoge (A. S.), butterfle, butturflye ; Cut-throat ; Flinder,
Frenchy (admiral) ; Lea-low, leel, lee-laa-let, lile ; Slip (Somerset).